02-22-2007, 09:25 AM
It's always like that in my experience (and I've tried all professions except blacksmithing). The gathering professions make a lot of money and cost nothing to level up. The crafting professions make little or no money and cost a lot to level up. The economics mean it couldn't really be any other way, since if something was profitable to make everyone would make it until it wasn't any more.
I only take a crafting profession if I need it to make something bop, and unless I have to keep it to continue using that item I drop it again immediately.